Summary of Optimal Projections For Classification with Naive Bayes, by David P. Hofmeyr et al.
Optimal Projections for Classification with Naive Bayes
by David P. Hofmeyr, Francois Kamper, Michail M. Melonas
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper explores alternative ways to improve the performance of Naive Bayes classification models by projecting high-dimensional data onto lower-dimensional spaces that enhance discriminatory power. Building on projection pursuit, the authors formulate an optimization problem to find the optimal linear projection based on multinomial likelihood estimation using the Naive Bayes factorisation. This approach offers dimension reduction and visualization benefits, with connections to class conditional independent components analysis. Experimental results demonstrate substantial outperformance of the proposed method compared to popular probabilistic discriminant analysis models, with competitive performance against Support Vector Machines. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper tries to make a special kind of computer program better at recognizing patterns in data. They do this by changing how the data is looked at, like taking a picture from far away and then zooming in on what’s important. This helps the program understand things better and pick out the right answers more easily. The authors also show that their new way works well with lots of different kinds of data and even beats some other popular methods. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Likelihood » Naive bayes » Optimization
